Re: carrots

Our food pantries take fresh veggies all the time... what is it with
the Chicago area??? Carrots, according to my references, can be kept
ing the ground until a killing frost. If dug, they require cold, moist
storage. Cut off the carrot tops, one inch from the root, and store at
32F at 95% relative humidity. You can put it in a refrigerator, or in
a root cellar, with the roots covered in damp sand.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b
On Oct 11, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Donna wrote:

I have a zillion carrots here. I dug up about a 3rd of them and
already have
3 shopping bags full. I wish the darn shelters/pantries around here
would take

fresh veggies, but they don't.

I plan on trying to freeze some for stews and cooking etc, but how
can I do
what ever the groceries store do.....keep them fresh for munching
for months?